The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-07-07

Tick, took. tick, took; you may wait old clock,
1t was foolieh what / WAS saying;
Let your seconds stay, let your minutes play.
And bid your days 60 all a-Maying.
@. Time. stand still-let me drink my I'LL
or content while my babe IL sleeping;
As smooth her hair my life looks fair,
And tomorrow may be weeping.
-. b. McMANus.
SPEED ON, O TIME:
Speed on, o Time. with flying feet:
Add to the ewiftest wings yet still more speed:
Burn April's feet with July hest;
Bid Christmas frosts the dog days supersede;
Make every hour Minutes span;
Spin round the dial's hands In one long streak!
Send me some flying sprite who can
Kick me into the middle Of next week:
Help me to Jump next Monday, and to you
I'll sacrifice the note which then falls due.
-RoBERr ]. BuRDErrE.
THE LENGTH OF ROOTS.
For more than thirty years we have
repeatedly urged the importance OF
correcting the common error that the
roots Of trees extended on each side no
further from the foot Of the central stem
than the spread of the branches above.
The most popular writer's copied the
error from one another. and the erro-
neous practice founded on this mistaken
view was shown by the small circles OF
earth often seen spaded about them or
by the diminished rings Of manure.
The bad advice founded on this wrong
view is still repeatedly given by differ
ent writer's, and it seems necessary to
correct it by Zine upon line" The
fact that an orchard to obtain full benefit
from manuring. mulching or cultiva-
ton must be treated broadcast is still
unknown to many planters.
We are glad to see. however, more
frequent statements Of interesting facts
bearing on this subject, and showing
that roots generally extend to a dis
lance greater than the entire height Of
the trees. In the recently publis he'd
Transactions of the Illinois Horticul-
tural Society, Professor I. j. Burill
mentions number of well-proved
facts, some of them from his own per-
sonal examination. He traced root
from two year grapevine to a distance
of thirteen feet. Apple trees twenty
feet apart, were found to have inter-
laced roots eight years after planting.
The roots Of Lombardy poplar were
found in abundance seventy feet away.
Willows. fifty feet from walls. occupied
them with plenty Of roots. We have
found suckers from a common locust
forty feet high, at distance of sixty
five feet, and the roots of peach tree
eleven feet high. twenty three feet away.
E. Satterthwaite. the well-known cul-
tivator. of Jenkintown, Pa, has found
the roots Of a 1l-year peach tree grow
ingin rich soil fifty feet from the tree.
Professor Beal traced the roots Of apple
trees IA years old to distance Of
twenty-eight feet.
If such facts as these were more gen.
orally understood, we should see less Of
the frequent mistake of applying mulch.
ing and fertilizers in small ring at the
foot of trees, while the great mass OF
tibres is spread widely over the broad
surface far beyond their reach. --Conn
try Gentleman.
DIARRHEA IN COWS.
Nearly all COWS when at pasture Oh
green grass in July are too lax in
their bowels, as shown by watery drop
pings. This rapidly wastes their flesh
besides decreasing both yield and quail
ity Of milk. This is especially true in
wet weather. because then the COW, il
addition to the natural moisture in thu
succclent grass, is obliged to take
with it the water in the leaves. Plac
ing the cow in the stable when i
rains and giving her forkful Of ha,
is the best remedy for this evil. A COW
in full field of grass will fill herself
up in an hour or less, and after that i
better off when it rains under shelter
than in the field exposed to the storm
And when full of succulent grass COW!
will eat small bunch of hay greedily
taking care to give only what will b.
eaten clean. II hay cannot be had
cut some of the large grass, and let i
partially wilt. and let the cows ca
thus. They will prefer it wilted t,
that standing. But in most cases j
will pay to add some cornmeal to COW
at pasture now. 1t will correct the ten
dency to scour, make the milk richie
and keep the COW in better condi
ton.
BEANS
June is the best month for plantin,
beans. have found the navy requir
little longer season than the Marrows
and try to plant them during tn
first half Of the month, but the marrow
may be sown to the last, and even int
July. / planted few rows as an es
pertinent last year on July 3, and the
were gathered, September IL. A GRO
of clover hay can often be cut in june
and the stubble turned under and Gro
of beans grown and gathered in tim
for seeding wheat, and as the cultiya
ton of the beans hastens the decay 9
the clover roots and gives a fine. com
pact soil think better wheat crol
can be grown than if the land is plowe
later and Simmer followed. Away
try to plant beans after a rain whe
the soil is moist and they will come Il
very quickly, bnt if planted just befor
a hard rain ON heavy soil they wi
often rot and be crippled and make
poor stand, and crop of weeds wi
come up with them. If an acre Q
more is to be sownp in with the whes
drill, using every third hoe, whic
makes the rows two feet apart, /
grow a profitable crop of beans the Ian
must be well occupied, and as clos
planting covers the land sooner. til
cultivation will be easier for it an
the land in better order for wheat.
PUMPKINS AND sQUAsHEs.
Pumpkins and squashes can be grow
protitably when planted in this montl